That rug really tied the room together

It's Wednesday evening, and in the last three days the whole pavilion has taken shape. We've moved to our cosy site, nestled in the trees, and the pavilion's been swarmed with bees. I think we took their patch and they're not best pleased. The bees aren't the only ones paying attention though, we had a bulgarian student TV crew nosing around, a bunch of architect external examiners scrutinising our ratchet floor detail in their break, and students asking whats going on. We officially open on Friday, and its starting to get exciting!  It started with a massive group effort to carry the whole floor structure from the workshop to our beloved patch of grass. 

Might help if you pulled upwards Tash?

Traffic was busy on the crossing.

We made it to the road, but took a wrong turning.

Two hours later we made it back, much to our amusement.

And set it down on Chris's dubious pallet foundations. With an inevitable snapping of wood.

We got it levelled pretty quick, and started laying down boards and getting the verticals in. Simultaneously we had the table being sanded down and the ping pong ball lights put together. The panel team have been getting on well, they've actually been going at it for days..... they've come out with bespoke panels for stacking the paddles, hanging the bell and a bar height hatch for leaning on. The poles were cut for the table structure, and the wood was put together for the seating.

The table is constructed from the same timber as the floor, with the angle in the table cutting against the floor planks and setting off the game. The planks were cut down to get a flush joint and they were biscuited together. Angles were cut in the ends to suggest rotation in the Around the Table version of the game we're encouraging. It rests on scaffolding legs, and is fixed to them using the same fixings as the panels.

Penn dubz wondering what to do.

flip it stick it glue it screw it

In situ.

The panels/screens are two sheets of 12mm ply glued and pinned to a 2x2 structure. The graphics team has a load of stencils cut for painting. The panels with their individual functions are interactive components within the pavilion. They'll store the bats, tell the user the rules of the game,  give you a chance to practice, offer glimpses and views of the game to the outsider and feature a big old brass bell to give a clang to the pings and the pongs.